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Mar 23, 1920 Lancaster, England, United Kingdom Died on 10 Jan 2019 (aged 98)

American biochemist and biophysicist

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About Barbara Low Biochemist

  • Barbara Wharton Low (March 23, 1920 – January 10, 2019) was a biochemist, biophysicist, and a researcher involved in discovering the structure of penicillin and the characteristics of other antibiotics.
  • Her early work at Oxford University with Dorothy Hodgkin used X-ray crystallography to confirm the molecular structure of penicillin, which at the time was the largest molecule whose structure has been determined using that method.
  • Later graduate work saw her study with Linus Pauling and Edwin Cohn before becoming a professor in her own right.
  • Low's laboratory would accomplish the discovery of the pi helix, investigate the structure of insulin, and conduct research into neurotoxins.

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